Distribution of non-native invasive species and soil properties in proximity to paved roads and unpaved roads in a quartzitic mountainous grassland of southeastern Brazil (rupestrian fields)

• Published in: Biological invasions Vol. 12; no. 11; pp. 3745 - 3755
• Main Authors: Barbosa, Newton P. U., Wilson Fernandes, G., Carneiro, Marco A. A., Júnior, Lélis A. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.11.2010; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aluminum; Biomedical and Life Sciences; botanical composition; Brazil; Calcium; Developmental Biology; Ecology; Ecosystems; Endemism; Flora; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; geographical distribution; Grasslands; Gravel; Habitat; Indigenous species; Introduced species; Invasions; Invasive plants; Invasive species; Life Sciences; Limestone; liming; Mountains; Nutrients; Original Paper; Paving; phytotoxicity; Plant communities; Plant diversity; Plant populations; Plant Sciences; Plant species; road construction; Roads; Roads & highways; Roadsides; soil chemical properties; soil fertility; Soil properties; spatial distribution; Species diversity; Toxicity; Brazil; Biological invasion; Rupestrian fields; Montaneous grasslands; Road ecology

One of the most important disturbances of roads is the facilitation of the increase of non-native invasive species into adjacent plant communities. The rupestrian fields of Serra do Cipó , a montane grassland ecosystem in southeastern Brazil, are recognized for their enormous richness of species and...